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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, Lee Forrest wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 09:02:49AM +1300, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> > Lee Forrest wrote:
> > > VBE version 3.0 (Intel(R) 8xx Chipset Video BIOS)
> > > Total memory: 512 kilobytes
> >
> > There is your problem.  Can you up that in your BIOS config?
>
> No.

Look again in setup, it may be under 'advanced' or something.  I can check 
on our computers if you don't find the 1MB option.

> But why is it a problem? This same image I've been using
> looks real with debian.

Debian and Windows must have some way around this memory limitation.  Read 
up on i810 video.

> What's missing now is not really color. It's close to being
> acceptable. It's detail - resolution (I'm trying to be careful
> with the words I use here, because I don't know the proper jargon
> for discussing these things).

Resolution.  You want at least 800x600 with more than 4 colors, meaning 
you need more video RAM.

> Lee